Curtain-fixture.



PATENTED OCT. 20, 1903." H. W. POSNAUGH. CURTAIN FIXTURE. APPLICATION PIL'BD FEB. 11, 1902.

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7 UNITED TSTATES Patented October 20, 1903.

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HARRISON w. FOSNAUGH, OF MdKEEs ROCKS, PENNSYLVANIA, AssienoR' OE ONE-HALE TO JOHN H, sTEvE sON AND HENRY w. STEVENSON, OE

PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAINQFR'IIXTU RE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 741,649, dated October 20, 1.903.

Application filed February 11, 1902. Serial No. 93,611. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRISON W. Fos- NAUGH, acitizen of the United States ofiAmerica, residing' atMcKees Rocks, in the county of Allegheny and State" of Pennsylvania, (whose post-office address is McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania,) have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Fixtures;

and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a out the use of step-ladders or other means, as.

is generally required.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l-is a per- 5 part of the curtain-pole hanger. Fig. 6 is a, perspective view of my extensible and reversi ble bracket for the window-blind roller.

In the drawings, A A represent the win-j dow-frame to which my device is seen in po- 0 sition thereon. n a 1 B is the part of the device that is permanently fixed to the frameA at the top and bottom by nails 01' screws 1 b, This part B has a bent portion at the top 'andbottom, so

5 formed as to allow a space back of the same or to prevent it from lying flat against the window-frame.

G is a sliding rod, near the top of which is fixed the sliding sleeveor box E and operat- Fig. 2 is a side sectional View of ing through the box D. This box D is perin'anently fixed to theguide B near its lower end. In this box D, I place a spring at, atiached to thesame by a bolt or rivet d also a pin cl, extending through the guide B, so as to engage with the notches c c in the rod 0. 5 5

The spring d forces the rod 0 against the pin 61 to make this engagement.

0 is a knob 0r handle to operate the slide 0. The brackets'F F are of ordinary construction, the latter sliding on the former. The

part F has a bent portion f to fix it to the sleeve or sliding box IE.

. E is a supplemental plan of fixing the brackets F and F permanently to the guide B at the top, so that the curtain-pole may 6 remain stationary whiletheblin'd is being operated up or down; otherwise the curtains and blind will be operatedat the same time, as seen in Fig. 2.

"G and G are reversible and extensible-7o brackets for the window-blind roller to rest on. g is an elongated slot in the part seated in the slides 0, being secured thereto by a setscrew 9 By means of these adj ustable brackets they may be set for different-sized rollers asto length, being made to slide outwardly for longer blinds and by reversing them be made to suit shorter ones.

gis the part of the bracket G formed at right angles with the other part and having the double seats 9 for receiving the non-rotatable spindle of the window-blind roller, and g represents perforations in the bracket G for seating the rotatable spindle of the window-blind roller. 85

I-I- designates the blind-roller, seated in the bracket G, and H is the curtain-pole, seated in the U-shaped portion f of the bracket F. f is a spring arranged on the sliding bracket F to hold the curtain-pole securely in place. In operation of my curtain-fixtures, being made substantially as described and shown in the several views and being in position on the window-frame, the rod 0 is drawn slightly forward, thus releasing the contact with the 5 pin cl. Theblinds and curtain may then be raised or lowered at will to any desired position, and by simply releasing the rod 0 the spring cl forces the rod inwardly and a contact made with the pin and notches 0. These notches are located at regularintervals on the under side of the sliding rod 0. The blindbrackets G and G may be seated on the slide 0 at other places by providing seats for the same therein.

Having thus fully shown and described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a window-frame, of a bar 13 secured at its ends to said frame and offset therefrom between its ends, a sleeve fixed to the lower portion of said bar, a sleeve movable on said bar above the fixed sleeve, a movable rod connected at its upper end to the movable sleeve and its lower end extending through the fixed sleeve, said rod able rod and normally holding it against said pin, and a shade-supporting bracket on the movable rod, substantially as set forth;

2. The combination with a window-frame, of a vertically-sliding rod having a transverse recess near its upper end, means connected to the frame for adjustably supporting said rod, a shade-supporting bracket fitting in said recess and having an elongated slot, and a set-screw extending through the slot into said sliding rod, whereby said bracket may be adjusted both vertically and laterally with respect to the said window-frame, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of tWo subscribing witnesses.

IIARRISON W. FOSNAUGII. lVitnesses:

H. W. STEVENSON, S. A. SHAW. 

